A Birth & Mother printable

Your birthplan

A birth plan is not a script for the day. It is the thinking you do beforehand: what matters to you, what you would prefer, and what you would like to happen if the day takes its own shape. This is a gentle, fill-in birth plan you can complete, print, and share with your midwife and birth team.

It is the same guide we work through together in a Birth Planning Session, and you can download it.

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This birth plan is a tool for conversations with your midwife and birth team, a way to gather your wishes before the day. If you do not yet have a midwife, Ammely is the national search, and if you are near Potsdam, I am connected with English-speaking midwives locally and can help you find one.

A woman with her eyes closed, her skin catching gold light
A hand resting on a pregnant belly, lit against a dark ground
A labouring woman resting against the side of a birth pool
A baby lifted onto their mother's chest in the moment after birth
A newborn asleep against their mother's shoulder
A woman with her eyes closed and her head tipped back, breathing

You can’t know exactly how your birth will unfold.But you can prepare for how you want to meet it.

Birth & Mother, there with you through the life-changing moment of birth, and on into motherhood